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What Is a Death Doula?
The philosophy Death Doulas embrace is that everyone is sacred. Our goal is to have that
sanctity accompany him or her in their death, just as it did in life.
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A Death Doula or death midwife, is a person who assists in the dying process, much like a birth midwife or Birth Doula does during the birthing process.
Death Doulas working together with Hospice and Palliative care teams, offer emotional support through grief counseling, spiritual guidance, education about the dying process, and preparation for what’s to come. They ease the symptom distress severe illness can bring — pain, fatigue, depression and more.
Their duties are broad and open-ended, allowing for modifications as things develop. Spiritual guidance may even include creating guided meditations and rituals specific to a person’s religious faith or spirituality.
A Death Doula can be considered a mentor for the final chapter of life and is typically brought in by the dying individual’s family.
Die With Dignity And Grace
Transcendent Journeys is not your traditional Death Doula practice. Assisting not only those folks in the death transition, our services include: escorting fetal souls back to their heavenly home during and after abortion and the soul retrieval of lost or wounded souls due to a variety of situations, including states of Coma.
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We Serve
The Terminally Ill At Any Stage or Age
- Physician aided dying (PAD); Medical aid in dying (MAD) clients welcomed.
- Folks not knowingly near death, but who want to wrestle with and confront their mortality now.
- The grieving, those who have lost or are about to lose a loved one.
It’s normal to have some apprehension, even when we are totally grounded in faith. If it’s a painful death, know that all pain and suffering ends and a peaceful feeling takes over. If there is fear we accompany you across the veil (SDE).
Honoring All Who Enter Our Realm Of Care
Conscious Dying
There is no single path to conscious dying. Different from most Death Doula services, our focus is to teach clients to step out of confusion into light and freedom; in order to die peacefully with a pure, clear state of mind.
PALLIATIVE SEDATION
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DEATHS
(ASSISTED SUICIDE, RIGHT TO DIE, MEDICAL AID IN DYING)
FINAL STAGE TRANSITIONS
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
SUICIDES
Folks Not Near Death
But who want to grok their mortality now. We offer pre-death, conscious living instructions.
Honoring the reality that most people die the way they live, the best way to ensure a conscious death is by beginning to live a conscious life, today.
Psychopomp Assistance
Often following accidents resulting in death like auto accidents, or after incidents of massive destruction like bomb explosions, tornados, hurricanes, an individual doesn’t always realize that they have expired. The Psychopomp alerts them of their death and assists in their journey across the veil.
(Film: Ghost, starring Whoopi Goldberg)
Shared Death Experience (SDE)
Are You Afraid of Dying?
We can assist folks needing assistance leaving this realm during death transition. We can provide a Shared Death Experience. This practice introduces clients to the transition environment and offers the gift of reassurance that death is not the end.